Film-mending device.



Patented June 21, 1910.

' W .7.- busw FILM MENDING DEVICE.

APYLIGATION HLED JAN. 5, 1910.

H. NIGKERSON 6L W. J. GOUSINSE Michigaxn 4Improvements in Film-MendingDevices,

d@ the member N'. EGKESNWJJLIAM J. COUSINS, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

FILM-MENDINGY'DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Application led January 5, 1910. Serial No. 536,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'we, HUGH N.. NioirmeA son, acitizen ofthe United Statesof America, and WILLIAM J. CoUsms, a subject-of the King of GreatBritain, tiae, in the countyof Oakland and State of have invented newand useful of which-the following is a specification.

This f invention relates to film mending devices, andhas for an.object-to provide a device of :this character which will be constructedwithraview'of enabling the operas.

tor of a moving icture' machine to conveniently and" quie ly mend a`broken film, means being rovided whereby the film perorations. wal f bespaced" from each other at the sides of theqlolnt formed by the bro enendsto accurate he drivin .cogs.,

In t e drawin forming a portion of this specification an like numeralsof y receive the teeth, of

in which reference indicate similar pertain` the several views z-Fiure'l .is a to plan vview of our improved fi in mending evice with thepressing head raised.' Fig. 2 isa front ele vation of the same. Fig. 3is an end view.. Fig. 4 is a detail transverse section taken through thedevice. Fig.'5 is a detail erspective View of one of the movable fi)supporting members. Fig. '6 is a detail plan view of vthe knife carrier.

Our improved hlm-monding device com sists of a. xed supportwhioh ispreferably in the form of atable 1 which is provided with spaced guidemembers 2 and 3.' The table supports companion film-retaining andsupporting means which consists of com` panion' members 4 and 5. Themember e is movable on the table toward or away from A This member isprovided with an outwardly extending pin 6 which extends through aneiongated longitudinally exterminioa sist if in the guide member@ of dii 2b the table. it will as described the member d to be moved on thetable so that its inner edge wiii ebutthe inner edge of the member Themember is formed adjacent its side edges with vertical pins be seenthatthe construc- 8 which are 'adopted to receivelthe usual perforationsformed in iilms of the ordinary type. The member 4 is provided withvertically extending pins 9 which are disposed 'in iine'with the Supon-the mem er 5 upon -t residing at Ponv in the foregoing permitsemembers hand 5 which* are located nearest the inner abutting ed es ofthe said-members are so arrangedt at.

when the members abut each. other-the in-w from cach other SDl atdistances apart equal to the distances beV tween the remaining pins onthe members.k

nermost pins will be spaced tando` .Y

A-'zmovable knife carrier is carried by the'.

table and it consists of spaced cylinders 10 65 and 11 which areconnected. with each other by-a head 12. The cylindersO and 11 are"mounted to slide in correspondingly formedgfl iv assages in the-tableand as showin-.each cyle... lnder -isprovided witha-vertical'knifeg13..70

transversely. ormed Jiny ltheI e .table with5 l to normally:

The knives w13 are disposed i extending slots 14 which. areli table. A-spring. ,15 connects t the head V12 of the knife carri hold the Fig. 1of the drawing. The table has hingedly-moiitedthereon 1a pressing-head`l16 which 'may 17 which may be grasped by` the hand of the operator tomove the carrier against thetension of the spring The table is cornerswlth a suitable is mounted a brush 19. In operation when it is desiredto mend a broken film the severedends of the film are mounted u on themembers 4 and 5 of the table and t e portions of the film which theinner edge of the member 4 are cut off bythe knives 13. One of theknives 13 is located substantially fiush with the inner edge of themember 5. The film end which is mounted on the member 5 can be adjusted95 on the tablev so that the portion beyond the inner edge of the saidmember can be acourately severed by the knife 13 adjcent tov the saidmember. The construction de-` scribed is such conveniently s liced toedectively connect the broken en s, the construction also permittin theoperator to so mend the film that t e erforations at the sides ofl thesplice will) equal the distances rforations. ln lroken lm is again runchine the -spliced portion between the remaining this manner when theltion. After thel en knives in the position` shown -m...75

folded to lief directly uponthe members lLand f5.. The l knife-carryin-.memberis provided with a; 80 -suitable. hand e glue-pot 18 in which 85are exposed beyond that the broken film can be i0@ be spaced from eachother to through the maof the film can be accurately engagd with the.driving cogs s of the filmv beyond the inner faces of tbe members iland 5 bave severed from tbe rem portions of the Elm tbe member fr can bemoved Aupon tbe table until it abats tbe member 5. The meeting ends oftbe iim can then be treated with a suitable nement, after which theressing bead 16 can be moved against the nlm as will be understood.

I/Ve claim s* l l. e., nlm mending device including relatively movabletables, means carried by each or" tbe tables'for iinedly positioning tbei'ilm ends thereon7 means for limiting the movement o the tables towardeach other -to arrange the film ends in such relative positions as toinsure a uniform continuity oi the perforations `across the break in thefilm.

2. A ilm-mending device comprising a table, a stationary member mountedon the table, a movable member mounted upon the table, a knife carrierhaving a pair oi' knives vadapted to be moved transversely of theadaptel movement transversely of tbe table at points inwardly of theinner ends of the ilm-supporting means.

4. A lm-mending device comprising a fixed member, a movable memberadapted to be moved toward o1' away from the fixed member, pinsextending from the members adapted to" be engaged inthe perorations of'the film, and knives movable between the said members.

5. A filmt-monding device comprising a table, film-supporting means forsupporting the broken ends of the' film, trimming knives movabletransversely of the table, and a pressin T bead adapted to be pressedagainst' the sai film-supporting means.

6. A film mending device includingjy relaf tively movable members, meanscarried by each of the members for ixedly positioning the film endsthereon, and means for limiting the movement of the members toward eachother to arrange the film ends in such relative positions as to insure auniform continuity and spacing of lthe perforations across the break inthe film.

In testimony whereof we a'liix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HUG-H N. NICKERSON. WILLIAM J. COUSINS.

